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Speed on Rail ways . . g. *** Advertisem en t s an d Bill s w ill b e r , Thursday, July -cl uired on or before London : Longman, 0- and Co. 7 3 / 4 e publication Tnz SUN ZN, SPATER commenced this day at 25 Minutr, vast Three e' Clock. WITH WHICH THE " TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1838. We yesterday, drew attention to the second Report of the Commissioners, on a general srstein of Railways for Ireland, and praised the wise Prinr.ipl2s, which, with a view to the future, have presided over the Report. How much has the important consideratior, Mat, if an Act of Parlia ment be granted for making tl'ie productive parts only of a line of communication, the. ~ .inproductive parts will not be taken to, and so a bar r:in 'be established to the future im provement of the crxtetry, been overlooked here ? How much, already, has the public good been sacrificed here, by allowing, withor, t laying down any general plan, a partial execution of 1- ,its of railroads, injuring the turnpike roads, banishing fr om them stage-coaches, and exposing individuals to hardsl , ',p s and expense to complete particular journies ! How v ist has been the expense of particular Acts of Par lianlomt, all of which would have been saved by making one puUic Act, under the suggestion and advice, not of interested 'peculators, but of skilful engineers and far-seeing statesmen giving to individuals the power of taking to portions of the general system of railways under those conditions which would benefit the whole ! All these considerations, though admirably put in the report, were pressed on the attention of the Legislature in Parliament k y Si: H. VEE.. NEY years ago, and out of Parliament by several Journals ; but the slow learning mob, which. constitutes our two Houses of Parliament, would riot listen to They did- n o t k now , and wtra reason. ld not learn, but th e y insisted on act i ng as artiel jobbers and specul found it f or t h e i r i nterest to prompt them ;stand the result has been tile granting a number of narrow monopolies which threaten ultimately to exclude parts of the country from the benefits of rapid communication, and which already 'require the attention of the Legislature even to prevent the stoppage of the mails. The Bill, which goes to prescribe the condition on which the mails are to be conveyed on the rail-roads, stands for discussion this day ; and as if to illustrate the old provrib of the more haste the worst speed," more time has bee n and will be wasted on this one petty branch of the general system than would have been required to pass a tr.easure for the whole empire, em bodying the enlightened principles which are adopted in the Report. We are aware of the objections that can be urged to throwing impo'lments in the way of private enterprize ; but they corr. e with a miserable grace from those persons who will D'ot allow the people to get either timber or corn from where they please—who insist on restricting both the manly' acture and consumption of beer —who prescribe where we shall go for our coffee and sugar, and into what ports and - places we shall import our tea—and who are so jealous and so apprehensive of liberty in every shape, that they will tole rate neither perfectly free banking nor a perfectly free press. But, in truth, to prescribe the general system by which railways shall be constructed is to relieve enterprise from impediment. The private interest of the land owners and other individuals, which stands in the way of private speculation, must and would willingly give way receiving a reasonable compensation, to the public good however averse those individuals may be to allow parks to' be cut up, and houses to be pulled down, for the profits of jobbers and speculators. A: general plan for railways throughout the kingdom, the separate parts of which might be constructed and worked for private advantage under spe cified conditions, would regulate and methodize, but it would also save labour, and would stimulate enterprise. If a general plan of communication by Railways, cannot be planned by the Legislature, and executed under the super intendence of the Government, better than by individuals, we should like to know of what general scheme, whether it be to repress crimes or to punish them—to promote mora lity or regulate trade —any man will venture to assert that the Government is the properinstrument for carryingit into effect, and will do it better than it can be done by private men ? Such objections to a general plan for railway communica tion arc futile ; and fortified by the conclusions of the ad mirable Report we began by referring to; we insist that even now it would be wise for the Legislature to mark out a general scheme of railways for every part of the empire, and to pass o.ne law, under which the whole of it might, by private cn;erpri•e, or at the public expense, be carried pro gressively into execution. We hpd intended to extract something more from this interce;ng Report, but the pressure of other matter com pels 'us to postpone it. in the course of a conversational discussion in the House of Commons last night on the subject of the East India Labourers' Bill, Sir GEORGE GREY stated that the Bill, as it came down crom the Lords, being objectionable, inas much as it weuld have the effect of. stopping the importa tion of Coolies by the conscientious contractor, and give facilities to the unprincipled one, it was not the intention of Government to proceed with it, but to endeavour to accom plish the object aimed at by different means. It was proposed that the e jiovernor-Gener a l of India should issue a procla- Enatic,u, declaring all emigration contracts made with natives (it India null and void, and prohibiting any emigrants from quitting the courery, until it should be ascertained that they thoroughly understood the nature of the engagements into which they miTht induced to enter. In addition to this an Order in Czaincil is to be issued, directing labour con tracts bet,,Ten the emigrants and their employers to be made before the Special Magistrates in the colonies. These regula- lions are to continue for two years, by the end of which time it is thought that their efficacy will have been sufficiently tested. It aprared from the answer given by Sir GEORGE GREY to 3 question put by Mr. O'CONNELL, that the Assembly td St. Vincent's have lost no time in undertaking the task of legislating for the black community, who will be released from the degradation of the apprenticeship system on the Ist of August. The St. Vincent's lawgivers, in the pleni tude of their benevolence, have passed an Act entitled " An Act to prevent Combination, and for the settling the Disputes between Masters and Servants." We should like exceedingly to see this specimen of West Indian legislation for free men. We are sure it is full of tender mercy towards the servant. There cannot be a doubt that as all distinctions of colour and caste are now at an end, in a civil and legal point of view, so all the prejudices which they engendered have vanished from the minds of the whites. What a pity that the Government have refused to sanelion the Act ! The example of St. Vincent's will, doubtless, be followed by other Colonies. It is not to be supposed that the As- . :- ..,-,.-,-.., Of ..4.-'., ." . .., • . . ... .. i ,„,,,..... 7 • . , -, . , . ..... 4r .44/p. trle 1111. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY. tit - f 4c6)41 , c LAY 21, 1838. l it r t t h g eor n E a in ti ,o o it, n ,; a t i for a d tt t i h tt e ide i — ,7 a p l e l ria s i uc s h ys a te re m N i a s po p l;o s ni a sts ,, ,.witetter sembly of Jamaica, for instance, will be idle while anyaw o , ; , l , r aL is; •k d m in e t r o wa a n ci C o o r n o st:tt :i i im .,. thing is to be done in the way of passing laws to regulate the intercourse between the labourer and his employer. Revolni We are well warranted, from past experience, to anticipate equality before the I,:w. hrrnq - that no effort will be spared to circumscribe the li of the black population by Vagrant Acts apparatus which ingenuity, char' vise. It is, therefore. possible or^ ayid an t;e other ~cee'd by malignity, can de . • —ow , ail things, necessary that every ~caution should be taken to counteract the evil ~isposition of this body ; and the main point is to fix on a Governor to succeed Sir LIONEL SMITII (who, it is :re ported, is about to return home), who, while he can hold a tight rein over the Assembly, shall also possess the entire confidence of the negroes, There are 1- ... it two men alive wile ' PossC:s these qua"c.cations. Need we mention—o-. 1i1:..e to call himy his old titl e —Lord Mtrt.c- ..Avu, and the Nb•quis of SLIGO. The aP P °intnit ''lL of the one is :Alt of the question. Ire• land, a ' far more important colony—alas, that we should be t• oblir ,„ed Eo to d enom i nate i t—cannot spare him ; but we ,•ust the other will be invited to resume those duties which he has proved himself so well qualified to discharge ? t is a matter of great regret that the Duke of WEL LINGTON, who, according to his promise last Session, has, during the whole of the present Session, shown a disposi tion to make some concession to the MELBOURNE Govern ment on the affairs of Ireland, should not have been led by his own good sense and experience to see that something more was wanting than a mere temporary compromise be tween two parties. His object in making these concessions was to put an end to all the disputes about that ill-go verned country, which have so long occupied the attention of both Houses of Parliament, and it was, there fore, his duty, before he came to any compromise, to see that the measures proposed were calculated to allay agitation. Certainly neither the Municipal Bill, nor the Tithe Bill, Call remove the existing causes of discontent. They are framed rather to suit the views of the Orange part:, than those of the great bulk of the Irish nation. The Tithe Bill satisfies no class. The Irish landlords are discontented, because it compels them to pay tithes to a clergy who are not the clergy of the people —to men who, contrary to the practice of every country, Jew ish or Christian, where tithes ever existed, receive the tenth of all the land, without performing " the service of the tabernacle of the congregation," for which alone tithes were instituted. The people will not be satisfied, because, though nominally relieved from the payment of tithes, it will fall upon them in the shape of rent, and the result will be an union between landlord and tenant, more cordial than ever, to get rid of an impost which they regard as a badge of conquest borne by no other people in the British dominions, or even in the civilized world. Will the people of Great Britain be satisfied, who find them selves called upon to pay a million out of their revenues to a Church which, if properly constituted, would be the richest in the world—which has not only failed in its object, but has been the main cause of all the ills which have so long distracted Ireland ? Neither Orange men nor Catholics can be satisfied. The scheme will not even produce momentary tranquillity. The concessions made imply that the party granting them were, as has been all along contended, in the wrong, and will only encourage the injured Catholics to persevere till they are placed on a footing with their fellow-subjects, and receive a portion of the funds originally intended for their moral and religious educa tion. This has ever been the consequence of refusing justice to a whole nation. What would have satisfied the Catholics in 1799 would not satisfy them in 1829 ; and 50,0001. a-year out of the surplus, which would have been accepted With feelings of hope and gratitude in 1830, will be rejected with scorn in 1840. The Duke of WELLINGTON knows as well as any man that what ought to be done ought to be done quickly, and all friends of peace must, therefore, regret that he has not freed•himself from the trammels of his party, as he did in 1829, and acceded to measures which are de manded alike by policy and justice. Of this he may rest certain, and the fact is placed beyond doubt by the expe rience of ages, and the deliberate opinions of many of the first Statesmen this country has produced, that till provi sion is made for the clergy of the people, Ireland will con tinue to be a thorn in the side of England. To the comparison of the price of sugar in our own and the foreign market, to-day, we add a comparison of the price of Jamaica and St. Domingo coffee ; by which it ap pears that the latter is 435. cheaper per cwt. than the for mer. May we not reckon this as another tax, levied on us for the behoof of the planters? In other respects the comparison will be found almost as instructive as the comparisons which are continually published of the price of corn here and on the Continent, which show that we usually pay from 60 to 80 per cent. more for our bread than is paid in France and Ger many. The Legislature first taxes the landowners for the behoof of the sugar -growers, and then it taxes the latter for the advantage of the former ; and so it goes through all the classes of the community, giving one a pro tection, and taxing all other classes for its support, because it has before taxed it to support the others. It is grossly mistaken, however, if it fancies that at the end of the pro cess all the classes are in the same relative position, and are all equally as advantageously situated, as if it had never began its system of mutual and reciprocal protection and taxation. The whole of the Paris Papers of Thursday have been received, but their contents are of very little political im portance. In most of them are articles on the Hollando- Belgic question, but we regard the statements contained in them as very questionable, if not purely conjectural. The official form in which the following announcement is made in the Messager, would seem to entitle it to a degree of credence, which we arc not disposed to give to such com munications : We are able to announce that the Conference of London, which is on the point of being occupied with the Hollando-Belgic question, will hold its first sittings in the course of this week, and that id. Zicci, who is the bearer of the latest instructions from the Cabinet of Vienna, has already arrived in London. The negociators are said to be di. ♦ided on a preliminary question. The representatives of the Northern Powers demand that previously to the discussion of the contested articles, the treaty should be executed as far as concerns the articles which appear to these not subject to contestation. The cession of the territories in their eyes forms part of the latter articles. Thus, accord. ing to this system, the Conference would treat of the question of the debt and the navigation of the Scheldt, only after King William should have taken possession of Limbourg and Luxembourg. France and England are formally opposed to such a division of the question, and demand that the discussion shall be established on the entire of the treaty. This demand is perfectly just, as it is impossible to separate questions intimately connected with each other, and which may give rise to mutual compensation. The article which appears in the National on this ques tion is evidently intended to awaken in the minds of the Belgians suspicions of the patriotism of their King. Rightly to understand the cause of this, we must look to the closeness of his Belgian Majesty's alliance with Eng land—the greatest crime, in the opinion of that journal, of which LEOPOLD could possibly be guilty. The following is a sample of the reasoning employed by the organ of the Republican party in France, to convince the Belgians of the course which it is proper for them to take upon this question : So long as the Belgians abandon their interests to their own Go. vernment or the Conference of London, they may depend upon being betrayed and sacrificed. We do not speak here of the Dutch debt, which by the aid of France can be easily arranged; but we refer to the question of territory, which is of far graver import. Limbourg and Luxembourg must belong to one or the other of the two kingdom; of Holland and Belgium : the genius even of the juste clans cannot invent a third method of settling the matter. The King Leopold cares little about the crown which he wears, for his civil list scarcely equals the pension which he enjoyed as the widower of the Priaccis Charlotte; and if, therefore, the Belgians de sire to prevent their territory from being parcelled out and given to a foreign Prince they must prepare themselves to defend their possession of it ; and when the Prussian army attempts to force an entry, they must repel the attempt by like force. There are walls and ditches in Luzon bourg and Limbourg, and the liberties of other countries have had no other cradles. Besides, is not Fiance close at hand, and will she suffer another Polish partition to be accomplished at her Very doors ? These are the ravings of a madman, not the suggestions of a sober, deliberating Journalist, intent only upon the promulgati')n of just views and sound principles. Europe has suffered too much already from the ditch -cradle spirit of liberty, to be ever again the victim of such a Will-o% the-Wisp. • A long letter, addressed by Prince Louts NAPOLEON to M. LAITY, on the subject of the Strasburg Pamphlet, appears in the Augsburg Gazette, and is casually noticed in the French Journals. That the writer is "a lunatic with some inter4ls," would appear from the following ex tract from this most extraordinary document : You will be asked where the Napoleon party is ? Your answer will be, ' The party is nowhere but the cause is everywhere.' The party is nowhere because my friends are not formed into regiments ; but the cause is everywhere—from the workshop to the King's Council—from the soldiers' barracks to the drawing rooms of the Marshals of France; Republicans, Juste Milieux, Legitimists, all who wish.for a strong Government, real liberty, and an isespos. ....; of _..sLard imitation of but it is the principles of Mo. ..ment ; it is hierarchy ill dentoliriff i .e reward of merit, a colossal iv`th 1 .. sublime head. Say that, in watl4.3A s ii i t t h e puE l., ...n, my object has not been to distract jtist now the tranquillitY France, not to kindle again half extinct passions, kit to elthiliit 7,7 1 - self to m y fellow citizens such as I am, ar,,k T,04; Stich Ot '.*ei red has re. tt presented me. If some day parties sh "Sid s Mit th e present Govern. ment (ant t h e events of the last fifty yttot admit of the su pposition) — if, accus tomed as they have been fie the last twenty-three years to de spise their Governments, they s i "..ould destroy all the foundatica of the social structure—then, per anchor of safety to at .aps, the name of Napoleon might p rove ak .'. that is really generous and patriotic in France. The Ron - • • sfrom the Spanish f rontier is of no moment. On . rue 6th, the Carlist General NI AROTO ordered a Christino officer, his servant, and two peasants, to be shot at Estella, and the sentence was executed without trial. On the 10th General Van HALEN attacked the Carlists in the direction of Estella, and killed 100 of them. The Journal de l'Aude is at the end of all the actions brought a g ainst it—the result of which is, that the Editor is sentenced to six months' imprisonment, to a fine of 2,300 francs, and is prohibited from givin g any account of judicial proceedings for one year. General Morino, Count of Carthagena, died lately at Madrid. The Spanish Infants and their suite have returned to Toulouse. It is believed that they will set out for Paris about the end of the month. —Le commerce. The Monelair of today has no official part. The Liberal du Nord, le Feuille de Ca7nbrai, le Progres d'Arras, la France, and Septentrismale, which ate published at Lisle, are under prosecution, for having given an account of the secret sitting of the Court of Peers.— Constitutiounel. IMPERIAL P.,/SIIIAAMENT. I' lIS DAY. iIbUSE OF COMMONS, ”«.)'r au_Ut. Tweivd C Lora :',ENTINCK presented a petition from the Church sionary Society, praying that an end might be put to the sanction given by the British Government to idolatry in India. Mr. E BULLER presented a petition to the mw efr,2o. from Barton: Needwood, Salop ; and Mr. DIVETT presented a similar petition from Exeter. Mr. E. BULLER also presented a presented a petition from Stoke. upon-Trent, in favour of the New Poor.law. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from the Directors of the Manchester and Liverpool Railway Company, praying that whatever Bill might pass for the conveyance of mails by railroads, regard might be hed to the interests of the Railway Companies. The Hon. Member presented similar petitions from the merchants, bankers, and others, of Manchester; and also from the Chamber of Commerce of the same place. On the motion of Mr. R. STEUART, the Land Tar. Redemption Bill :vas read a third time and passed. Mr. R. STUEART moved the second reading of the Gibraltar Light house Bill. After a few words from Sir C. STYLE, who said he objected to the princip:e of the Bill, Mr. R. STEUART said he would postpone it until Monday. On the motion of Mr. F. MAULE the Parliamentary Burghs (Scot. land) Bill was reported, and some amendments were agreed to. MAILS ON RAILWAYS BILL. Mr. L ABOUCIIERE moved the Order of the Day for the further consideration of the Report of the Mails on Railways Bill, and that it be re-committed to a Committee of the whole I louse. Mr. WALLACE said that in rising to bring the consideration of this Bill more prominently before the House than it had hitherto been, he should do so with as little delay as possible. It was a subject entirely new to the House and the country, and was one of great importance.—(Hear.) In the first place, he begged to de clare his unqualified approbation of Railways, and his desire to see them increased and extended all over the covntry. In the next place be entertained the most perfect hostility to monopolies, and he believed that Railway Companies had now obtained monopolies which would prove exceedingly injurious to the best interests of the country if not timely prevented. He would now call the attention of the House to a Bill introduced two years ago by an Hon. Member who had not now a seat in the House, and who for some reason or other which he (Mr. W.) could not understand, withdrew that Bill. He (Mr. W.) believed that at the time it was withdrawn, the Hon. Member had lost that moral courage which every man ought to possess who was prepared to bring before the House a large measure. The Bill to which be alluded was to provide for the periodical revision of the tolls levied on railways ; and he begged to say to the Government and to the country, that he believed the time had arrived when the Government ought so take into consi. deration the propriety of introducing aßill professing the same principles. The Bill to which he alluded was No. 395 of Session 1836, and in. troduced to the House by Mr.. Morrison and Mr. Gisborne. The object of the Bill was that the tolls levied on Railways should be revised perio. dically for the purpose of seeing that no monopole existed. The effect which Railways had produced upon travelling were by no means foreseen by the House ; and when he (Mr. W.) said that the House would have occasion to look at them more minutely, the Chancellor of the Exchequer replied there would be no necessity for that, as it would always be able to restrain them by making rates. He was clearly of opinion that a fair remuneration should be given and maintained for property vested in railways, but he must maintain that those parties who became proprietors of railway stock were not to be permitted to exercise their powers to the exclusion of all classes in the country passing along railways. The condition on which Companies were authorised to construct railways, was that they should have moderate profits ; and as an addition to that he thought they should be bound to expose their accounts once a year. He distinctly denied the Railway Companies had received any exclusive privilege which that House might not review and alter; they were nothing better than those parties who had made common roads through the country. He denied that the use of iron in the construction of their roads altered the law. In England the people were enabled, according to the law, to travel along the roads at the cheapest possible rate, and the same course ought to be adopted on railways. With respect to the Bill before the House he was much surprised and disappointed that the Government had not thought it their duty to adhere to the resolutions which were passed by the Committee unanimously ; the principle laid down there was that upon rail-roads as upon common roads the mail should pass free; that was the law in England and Ireland, and in Scotland, until the jobbing daysof Dundas ; and the law as it related to Scotland ought to be abrogated immediately. The mails in Scotland now passed free if they had no passengers ; if there were passengers, then they became liable to tolls ; another thing to be considered was the health of passen gers ; as at present constructed he did not think so important a subject had been taken into consideration. The question, therefore, was not only as to the construction of railways, but as to the health and accom modation of the passengers. The rules made by the principal Railroad Companies now running, were calculated very much to restrict the tra. veiling upon them of the poorer classes of society. Any one with bags or portmanteaus were allowed to take them, but no one was allowed to take with them any basket, box, or hamper; while it was well known that these were the only things which the poor had to pack up what things they wanted while from home. From a return made by the Postmaster-General it appeared that the cost of the mails by railroads was much increased. While the average cost per mile by the common road was 2d, the cost to Liverpool by the railway was pretty near sd. per mile.—(Hear.) If such were to be the result of the experiment the public need send no more petitions to that House for a reduction of the rates of postage. Much evidence had been taken before the Committee as to the propriety of the Govern ment placing their own engines on the railroads, and nearly all of it was against that plan. He, however, considered that it had been given by persons either directly or indirectly interested against the plan. He, for one, could not see any good reason against the plan; on the contrary, he thought it almost necessary that they should contract for engines of their own, and appoint experienced and disinterested persons to super. intend them, in order to prove whether railroad carriage of the post could not be done at a much cheaper rate than at present. The time would come when there would be a competition with Rail roads, and he contended the Government ought to set the example. The Government ought to have the power of sending artillery and other things, that passed free of toll along the common roads, by Railways free of expence. No Railway Company before their Bill' passed, would have objected to such a provision, had it then bean pro posed by the Government ; and he felt assured that a revision of the provisions of the present Bill ought to take place. He hoped that early next Session a general inquiry would take place into the working of railways, and their effect upon the country. He exceedingly regretted that Government had been induced to withdraw from the sound principle of insisting on the mails being sent toll free. There was undoubtedly a great many good things in this Bill, and one good provision was that no Company should have the power of making any bye-law that would stop for one moment the correspondence of the country.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Re hoped the House would take care that the roads of. iron should be as free to the people of England, Ireland, and Scotland, on Sundays, as the com mon roads were. Beim; considered that it would be better that the Bill should not pass into a law at present, but that time should be allowed for all parties to consider the question, he should move, as an amend. went, that the Committee be postponed to that day six menthe. The SPEAKER having inquired if any Hon. Member seconded the amendment, and no one having answered, the House went into Com mittee, Mr. BERNAL in the Chair. On clause Ist being proposed, Mr. LABOUCHERE could assure the Hon. Gentleman who had just eat down, that if he did not enter into many of the statements he had Slade, it was from no disrespect to him—still less from any ignorance of their great importance. In many of those statements he entirely con. curred. He agreed with the HON. Gentleman in thinking that the effect of these railways would ere long be severely felt by the country, and that Parliament must interfere; but on the present occasion he was unwilling to ask the House to enter into a discussion of that kind, in volving so many difficult and intricate points, especially as he wished to confine their attention to the questioa in what manner the present state of railroads and the law relative to railroads, affected the Post-office of this eountry,—(Hear.) That was the question which required the con. sideratlon of Parliament. He was surprised that his Hon. Friend, after saying that the country was at the mercy of Railway Companies, should conclude by recommending the House not to legislate on the subject at present, but to put off for six months any attempt to alter the present state of things.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He (Mr. Labouchere) felt no surprise, he must say, that the amendment of his Hon. Friend had not been seconded. It appeared from a resolu. tion of the Post-office Committee, " That Companies the proprietors of Railways had it in their power practically to prevent the due transmis. lion of the correspondence of the country by means of the Post-office, as well as to impose upon the country what terms they thought fit." And the Commissioners of Inquiry on Irish Railweys had reported " that the powers given to the railways placed the service of the country en. tirely at their disposal, and that there wps nothing to prevent their se curing upon their respective roads great part of the revenues of the Post.oflice, for the letters must be carried by them, and they could exact - what terms they pleased." Surely, after this testimony, it was the duty of the House to enter upon the consideration of this subject.—(Hear, hear.) Now with regard to the abandonment of the Bill as originally introduced into that House, he (Mr. Labouchere) must freely tell the House that he abandoned it, not from any alteration of his own opinion, either as to the justice of the provisions of that Bill, or to their necessity, but be. cause he felt from the opposition given to the Bill, it had no chance of passing this session. Many Hon. Gentlemen said it was an extraordinary course of legislation, and that it was scarcely just to resort to such se. vere measures till a fair and conciliatory proposition had been tried. He certainly was not very sanguine as to the professions of the Directors of the Railway Companies—he feared that, like all bodies of persons combined for pecuniary profit, they would .soon endeavour to obtain every shilling they could from the correspondence of the country; but perhaps, on the whole, it was as well to try the moderate experiment, and leave the payments to be made for Post-office service to the Compa nies to be adjusted by arbitration. At the same time he believed many Members who now advocated this experiment would be ready, if it failed, to support the Government in more stringent measures.—(Hear, hear.) For himself he never was ashamed to yield his opinion to that of a majority in that House, and he thought he was doing his duty to the public in abandoning a BEI lie had no chance of carrying, and bring ing forward one which he saw a probability of passing this Session.— He might state that the opinion of the law officers of the Crown was that the Crown had as perfect a right to run engines and carriages on railways free of toll, if for the public service, as on common roads. Looking to the principle of this Bill, that all payments were to be sub mitted to arbitration, and knowing that arbitrations always worked against the public—(Hear)—he did not believe the service would be performed at such a rate as Parliament and the country had a right to expect; and if Parliament laid down as a principle that the Post-office was not to be favoured in its negociations with Railway Companies, they would be transferring to those Companies the greater part of the revenues of the Post-oftice.—(Hear.) Some Gentlemen said that the Post-office ought not to be a branch of revenue so much as of accommodation ; but no Gentlemen except railroad proprietors would lay down the principle that the revenue was to be taken from the Post-office, and transferred in great part to the proprietors of Railway Companies.—(Hear, hear.) But un_ less the House took great care, there was a danger of that actually taking place. He had no prejudice against these undrtakings, and wished them every possible success ; but he should desert his duty if he did not attempt to make the best bargain he could for the public.— (Hear, hear, hear) Some gentlemen had been a good deal struck by an assertion in a petition from the London and Birmingham Railway Company, that the Railways were conveying the mails at one-fourth of the previous expense.—(Hear.) Now, he held in his hand a return from the Post-office, which proved that the Post. office was paying to the Railway Companies rather more than four times as much as was charged under the other system. The annual expense on the Carlisle, Manchester, and two or three other railways under the old system, was 1,5154; but under the contract entered into with the Railway Companies, the annual expense was 4,968/., leaving a cliffe recce against the public of 3,4521.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He had also obtained a return of the comparative expense on the Grand Junction Ra il wa y. Mails, which were before transmitecl by coaches coat 18871. but the same service was now performed at an annual expense of 5,8611.--(Hear, hear.) It was right that these things should be fairly stated to the House. He hoped that both the Post-office and the Railway Companies would be benefited by this Bill, which ought to come into operation as soon as possible, for a great change was imme. diately going to take place in the mode of conveying the mails. There were now about thirty mails le av i ng London bycoaches, and he un derstood that before next wint e r on l y nine would leave in that way. It was therefore necessary immediately to consider what course it was advisable to take.— (Hear.) A letter from Rouen announces the desttuctian by Are of the fine cotton yarn manufactory of M. Loyer, at Houlme. Nothing is left but the bare walls ; the machinery and the goods are all consumed. Th. damage may be estimated at 250,000 francs. Fortunately the greater part is covered by the insurances, viz, to the amount of 140,000 francs in the Company of " Le Soleil," and about 60,000 francs in the Com. pany " D'Assurance Mutuellers." The fire is supposed to be the act of an incendiary. A man was seen flying in a direction from the ma nufactoryat the moment when the fire broke out.—Journal des Debate. FRENCH FUNDS.—taitia, JULY 19. Five per Cen s.. 1 1 If. 40c. 35c. 45c. Four and a Half ner Cents. 106 f. sLle. Four per Cents., 10•;f. 50c. I hrec per Cent,. 80f, 90e. 95c. 95e. Bank Actions, 2,600 f. 9,595 f. 2,6C0f. r. ante de Naples, 29f. 15c 10c. Roman Five per Cents., 101%. Spanish - Actives, 22N Belgian Five per Cents., 104. Belgian Three per Cents., 75f. 15c. "Cc. ZICNANOR ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 45c.; money, 25f, 42 1 ,4 e. Three months, paper, 25f. 30e.; money, f-st. •a734c. LATEST PRICES. Five per Cents. 111 f. 50c. Three per Cents., $Ol. MC. Bank Actions, 2,600 f. Romans ' 102. Belgian Loan, 104. Spanish Actives, 224. Our advices from Madrid are of the 12th inst., but they bring no news of any interest. On the 10th, Sir GRORGX VILLIERS left the Spanish capital for London, accompanied only by a single servant, and travelling by the Diligence. So unostentatious a mode of travelling on the part of a British Ambassador, during a dangerous period of civil war, excited no trifling attention in the Court circles. A Royal Decree authorises the War Minister to enrol in the army all unmarried prisoners confined in Spain for offences against the Constitutional Government. The Decree in cludes all who have fought in the ranks of Don CARLON without limitation or exception. Lord G. SOMERSET concurred in the propriety of some measure being passed which would act as a protection to the Post.ofEce, but he Was quite astonished at the statements which had been made with regard to the expense of conveying mails by Railroads. Those retires were so entirely contrary to the evidence given on the Grand Junction Railway Company, takes before the Committee, that until he saw all the data on which it was founded, he ei2osild hesitate to pl,ce any confidence in them. He was astonished at the dadtrioe. the. Right Hon. Gentleman had quoted as having been laid down by tini letw OltiWs of the Crown, that railways were to be used by th e C rown as right and prero;. 4 . sive.. He would n u t s e t u p hi s e but he deusted very m uc h w h et h er that pinion in opposition to the Law Officers of the Crowil, prerogative had ever been put so high by :mny Tory lawyer.—(A laugh.) Ile thr,tigit it Was not fair to put out of mind tie? expense which Rail. way Companies had ine:t 4 rred, or the advantage of th°lr celerity; that was a reason why they should Oe properly remunerated, t''.lt not error. moody paid. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL felt called liffin to say a single word after the pointed allusion of the Noble Lord to birtl.- - =(lfingliter.) He looked with great deference to the opinion of the Noblo Lord, and could not discuss a point of law with him, without awe, knowing as he did how acute a Lawyer he had shewn himself at the Quarter Sessions—(Cheers) —but when he came to the question of prerogative, always speaking with great deference of the Noble Lord, he felt bound to look to the law authorities on the subject; to thole who had gone before him; and with deference to the Noble Lord, upon those authorities he must express an opinion totally different to that stated by him. He apprehended that Railroads were to be considered in the same light as common roads which were composed of stones. They were to be looked upon as great highways, and all persons had a right to travel on them according to the terms prescribed by the Legislature. Upon contrnon highways her Majesty, the royal family, noble dukes, baggage waggonS, and other matters, did not pay toll, and it appeared to him that railroads *ere to be considend exactly in the same light. There Was no doubt in his mind that If the prerogative of the Crown was enforced, the mails, troops`, and stored must be carried along the railway toll-free. At the same time he must say that he did not think it fair that that preroalee should he enforced. He thought a reasonable cornpensatien should bent:Mg to the proprietors of railroads for the accommodaticin which the public enjetyed. Upon that ground he thought that the Dill now proposed was a most laudable one. He hoped that when it was passed into a law it would show the railroad proprietors that they had been liberally dealt with, and that if there was anything like oppression of the public on the part of the railroad proprietors, there was a remedy through the medium of the Legislature, and also through the prerogative of the Crown. Sir JAMES GRAHAM had felt anxious that an harmonious settle ment of this question should take place, observing at the same time that if further powers were necessary, he shou'd agree to them, but at present he was strongly opposed to the provisions of the Bill as they at present existed. He had heard with some regret the topics introduced by his Right Honourable Friend, and more strongly insisted upon by the high prerogative-lawyer of the Crown who had just sat down. He did not feel prepared to argue the point of law with him, but still he thought the point worthy of discussion. He could not admit the parallel between railroads and highways, neither could he admit the proposition of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that there was no dif. ference between roads made of iron and those of stone. He would ask the Honourable and Learned Gentleman whether he saw any distinction between a highway constructed of stone and one of water ? He was prepared to admit that the public should be secured in the right to use railroads—that the Postmaster-General should be the sole judge of time and frequency of the dispatches, and that all his orders should be carried into effect by the Companies and their servants, under heavy penalties, but at the same time he thought the remuneration for such use, must be ample and founded upon a broad basis. That compensa. tion must first be the subject of arbitration, and if that failed, then it must be settled by direct legislation. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL explained. All he meant to say was, that wherever the public had a right to go by paying toll the Queen had a right to go without paying toll. Lord SANDON considered that there was a very hroad distinction between railroads and turnpike roads. The troops, &c., passed free upon the latter by specific legislation. There were clauses to that effect in the Mutiny Act as well as in the Turnpike Acts, but he found no such clauses in the Railroad Acts. He should propose that there be added to clause 1 the following proviso, " Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend to railways that do not carry goods or passengers for hire." Hr. LABOUCHERE said the principle on which the Bill proceeded was that the whole control of the railways was left to the proprietors, and that if the amendment were introduced it would compel the Govern. ment to deal with third parties, which would be departing from the principle of the Bill. Mr. BAINES thought this claim ought to have been put forward before, because many parties had embarked their money on the understanding that the Crown would not insist on any such privilege. He thought Railway Companies, in this discussion, had been rather treated as if they were mere adventurers, intent only on the making of money, and had produced no advantage to the public. From a calculation he had made, he was convinced the Manchester and Liverpool Railway had given an advantage to each of those towns of at least 400,0001. a year. With respect to this Bill, -he thought the Government had acted very fairly, and had endeavoured to put the matter in such a way as to do justice to the public, and justice to the Railway Companies. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that preliminary discussion having in point of fact been closed by the amendment of the Noble Lord, it was of great importance they should keep to the point. He admitted, the preliminary point having been urged, it was quite right it should be considered by the House; but he believed there would be no inconvenience now until they arrived at the 15th clause. Mr. WARBURTON was against the amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said if an exception was made as to lessees it must be made in various other cases. After a few words from Mr. M. PIi o ILLIPPS and Lord SANDON, The clause was agreed to. Clauses up to 12 were also agreed to. Some discussion arose upon the 12th clause, imposing penalties upon contumacious Companies. An amendment was moved, we believe, by Mr. LABOUCHERE, to the effect that the penalty here imposed was net to lessen the amount of any penalty under bond. The clause as amended was agreed to. • Clauses 13 and 14 were agreed to. On clause 15 (the arbitration clause) being proposed, Mr. WARBURTON was afraid the clause would only be an ail • journment of the differences which now existed between the Govern ment and the Companies. The great matter in dispute was this, whether the Company should receive remuneration for carrying the mails in proportion to the original cost of the railway ? It appeared to him that it would be better to assume an average per mile of the cost for railways, and on that fair average cost to found a compensation to be awarded to the Company. He objected to a Company receiv ing compensation in proportion to the extravagance of the plan on which the railway might be executed. Mr. A. YATES did not see how lie could agree to the course proposed, because some of the railways did not cost half what the others had done. Mr. CLAY thought they could not enter fairly into the discussion, until the amendment of the Hon. Baronet opposite was proposed. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had an addition to propose at the end of the 15th clause, which would bring under discussion the point raised. The proposition which the Honourable Member had made to the House, distinctly waived the preliminary point to which the Government were disposed to give their opposition, viz., that the original cost of construc tion should be excluded from the consideration of the arbitrators. He (Sir J. Graham) had no personal interest in the matter, but his attention had been attracted to the importance of the subject ; and he thought the public should have secured to them a constant, prompt, and invariable communication wherever railroads existed. In the first place, at all times of the day, as frequently as the Post-office required there was to be a dispatch of letters by railroad, Those letters were to be conveyed at the speed of the first class train passengers. /I 0 allowance was to be made in consequence of the detention of leaving bags along the line. It was next scoured that no bargoin was to be binding longer than six months. Certain penalties were inflicted which were made easily recoverable, and several other advantages were given. Such being the case, the only question was, how far the public ought to remunerate these Companies. He would first look at the enormous outlay made. He believed the communication between the metropolis and Birmingham and Liverpool had been made at a cost to private individuals of upwards of ten millions. The railroad between London and Birmingham itself had :cost upwards of four millions and a half. These Companies had at various times asked assistance from the Government, which had been denied. Now, he thought it was impossible to over-estimate the value of these under takings. He held them to be the greatest benefactors to the country They were great additions to the comfort of its inhabitants—to the wealth of the country, and to the national power. Surely, such being the case, they ought to be properly remunerated, and they could not be considered as coming with a bad grace if they did so, to ask for a favour from the Government—(Hear.) These great inventions had got rid of all the difficulties with respect to the Post office, which heretofore existed, because speed was now compatible with the greatest bulk.— (Hear, hear.) The Railroad Proprietors did not come to that House for favour, but for justice, and he would unhesitatingly say that justice could not be awarded to them if the expense of constructing the railroads was not made the gronnd for compensation. So confident was he of the merits of the case, that he should be content to leave the clause open had it not been for particular circumstances, that had occuared.—(Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") Reference had been made by the Govern ment upon the subject of remuneration to persons who were chosen by the Government themselves. Of those persons he could speak only in terms of the highest respect. He meant Mr. Stevenson and his son; but those gentlemen, in coming to their award, had deter.. mined that the original cost of the construction should not be taken into consideration in awarding compensation. We shall give the conclusion in our SECOND EDITION. LADIES RIDING SIDEWAYS.—The honour of the introduction of riding sideways by women in this country is at tributable to Anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard the Second. She it was (according to Stow) that originally showed the women of this country how gracefully and conveniently they might ride on horseback sideways. Another old historian enumerating the new fashions of Richard the Second's reign, observes " Likewise Noble Ladies then used high heads and cornets, and robes with long trains, and seats on side saddles on their horses by the example of the respectable Queen, Anne, daughter of the King of Bavaria, who first introduced the cus tom into this kingdom ; for before women of every rank rode as men do." In his beautiful illustrative picture of Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, Stothard appears to have committed an anachronisir in placing the most conspicuous female character of his fine composition sideways on her steed. That the lady should have been depicted riding in the male fashion might, it strikes us, have been inferred without any historical research on the subject, front the poet's describing her as having on her feet " a paire of spurres Sharpe."—The Young Ladies' Equestrian Manual. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIANIENT.—The preparatory works are on a scale commensurate with the grandeur of the design. The coffer-dam, when finished, will be the largest and most complete ever formed in England. It is more than 1,200 feet in length, extending from Pope's Wharf to the stairs at the foot of Westminster Bridge. This dam is formed by two rows of huge piles, driven into the bed of the river about two yards apart. Each row is formed by closely_ wedged piles, arid, although perfect as a barrier in itself, is connected with the other by strong iron bolts. The intervening space is filled up with clay, strongly compressed, the whole being yet further strength ened and supported by an inner row of still larger piles, to which the dam is tied or traced. About 300 workmen are constantly employed, many of whom aro at work during the night, when the tide renders this practicable. An accident of a serious nature has occurred to Mr. Jackson, the brother of Dr. Jackson, of this city. On Thursday night, a little after ten o'clock, Mr. Jackson, accompanied by a gen tleman and two ladies, left the Bush Inn, in a post chaise, to proceed to Wetherell. At the toll-bar on the Warwick-road, one of the horses became restive, and the boy who was driving got down with the inter, tion of leading it a few yards. At this moment the horses started off at full gallop, and the boy, after holding the reins and running as far as Botchcrby-bridge, was obliged to quit his hold, and the animals were left to pursue their uncontrolled course. Whilst the chaise was being wheeled along with frightful rapidity Mr. Jackson rashly jumped out near Botcherby-lane, and unfortunately pitched upon his head. When intchigence of the disaster was brought to tlse Bush, Mr. Jackson, the landlord, mounted his horse and gallopped after the chaise, directing another post-chaise to be. despatched to bring the injured gentleman to Car:isle ; but, in the mean time, he had been placed in a cast, which met the chaise just as it was leaving the city. Mr. Jackson was then taken to the Lion and Lamb Inn, and attended by Dr. Elliott. He has sustained a slight fracture of she skull, but we are happy to say the wound is not considered dangerous. The chaise was stopped on going up the bill nearly Aglionby, and the other persons having kzpt their seats, escaped without injury. --•Carlisle Patriot. I am, Sir, yours truly obliged, UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, Sia,—Perhaps a more correct po r t ra it o f th e p arson i c cas t e o f I* alY dun, in point of fact, cannot he drawn, than was presented in the 1 1 °' of Lords on Monday evening by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in "11 port of the iniquitous PAirality Bill. His Gra, , i deemed Cie perpetuity of a plurality of benefices indiFfie' v saNe for the well-being of the Church, more especially so lest theca prti‘its, curate shotl4l lose his profitli.ss labours by the destructive toes ,lice of the oinecure plurOlist— that the two extremes of the Dives a', Lazarus clergy were essential); requisite to secure the present con di ; Eon of each. Is It not passing s."ange, Sir, that no Noble Lay I ,r (for the proposition can never be sup, , osed to emanate from the 0 6. arciiy), should not have risen in his pOce, to expose this most iMPiI source of all political monopolies, and hu ve shown the expediency 4 aholishing pluralities, in virtue of a boundim (duty to ameliorate 3 ' brighten the future prospects of badged curates, whose fate, in the 0 ; seuce of any political influence, may be fairly' said to be scraper eade o His Grace of Canterbury, however, profes WS to be actuated wit h $ desire to adopt the tnedio tutissinius course, i n , shich he might have re' veale.l a disposition indicative of some to:filing 2 •cform, had his Gra': only have diminished the very reverend escutche ti n of pluralities to t h. dual nufeer. J. A. S. -..---- CAMBRIDGE, JULY 21.—0 n the 14th inst. the Rev. Flcrence Wethcred, M.A., Fellow of King's College, was instituted to the vicarW of Hurley, Berks, vacant by the death of the Rev. Wm. Mayor, D.C.L' patron, the Hon. Henry Walker. The Rev. Henry John Cooper, M.A., of St. John's College, in O i l. University, has been presented by the Lcrd Chancellor to the vicarag e u ' Old Windsor, Berko, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. H. Gossett. The 11';?r, Robert Meek, late rector of Brixton Devere.ll, Wilts, been presented to the rectory of Richmond, Yorkshire; patron, the LO% Lord Chancellor. The Rev. W. Barnes, late rector of Richmond, Yorkshire, has be en presented to the rectory of Brixton Deverell, Wilts; patron, the 800 of Salisbury. The Rev. W. Flower, jun., M. A., of Trinity College in this Universlif, has been presented to the rectory of South Hykeham, Lincolnshire. cant by the death of the Rev. W. A. Armstrong; pat.-on, the . 11 ' t Chancellor. The Rev. IL Ayling, M.A., formerly Head Master of the Rol Grammar School, Guildford, has been presented to the rectory of th', united parishes of Holy Trinity. and St. Mary, Guildford, vacant by the death of the Rev. H. P. Beloe ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. The Rev. Charles Kent, 8.C.L., of Queens' College, in this Lroj' er i witty, has been presented to the vicarage of Ludford, Herefordshire, V ° by the death of the Rev. John Hinde; patron, E. L. Charlton, Esq. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY•) DEAL, JULY 20.—Wind, N. W., fine.—Arrived and proceeded for the River, the Arixa, Ager, from China; Princess Augusta, Fenwick, Barbadoes ; William Burton, Paton, from Jamaica; Grant, Sayers, (row Batbadoes ; Glapl:yra, Morton, from Antigua, with loss of maintoprolle t : anchors, &c., towed by a steamer. Came down from the River le‘" night and to-day, and sailed, the Ann, M`Alpine, for the Cape of Go ' Hope ; Joseph Henderson, Thompson, for Miramichi ; Edward Barrett , Stewart, for Gibraltar ; Children, Brown, for Launceston; Bac he e r ' Murray, for Quebec; Eliza, Baggesin, for the Brazils. Porremourit, JULY 20.—Wind, N.W. to N.N.W., fine.—Arrive6, Her Majesty's brig the Waterwitch, from Ascension : sailed , 11th tilt( A Brig has arrived this morning in the quarantine ground, with loss "' the head of her mainmast, topmast, &c., she is reported to be from, th e Mediterranean loaded with inlphur, bound to Newcastle. Our vet!: has gone to her, but we fear sile will not return in time for post, Wl' particulars. PLYMOUTH, JULY 18.—Wind, W.—Sailed, the Emma, Spicer, 44 Miramichi. FALMOUTH, JULY IC—Wind variable, light breezes, and fine! Sailed, the Cordelia, Pascoe, for Rouen. LIVERPOOL, JULY 20.—Wind, N.W. Fresh.—Arrived, the Lotiir, Cay, Thatcher, from Mobile; Mary Ann, Peters, from ditto ; St. IVlsr7 from Charleston ; Tennessee, Mattison, from Savannah ; Sarah aid Arsilia, Gardner, from New York ; Adelaide, Granby, from oporte' Arrived off; the John and Robert, from New Orleans; Garrick, fro New York; and the Indian. CREEK, JULY 20.—Arrived, the Pilot, Davies, from Constantinopl e ' MARGATE, JULY 20.—Arrived off, the Oscar, Barrett, from Bien' Ayres; Cobourg, from Jamaica. COWES, JULY 20.—Arrived, the Eliza and Susan, Webber, fe e : Batavia ; Rhine, M`Kown, from Havannah ; itletamora, Lowe, ff . . New Orleans. The Mary Hudson, Johnson, frore. l Sicily, put in with loss of mainmast, bulwarks, &c., bound to Newcastle. IN THE CHANNEL, JULY 20.—Arrived, the Marim f ro m , na, Voigt,, Bahia ; Solo, Kast, from La Guayra ; Victoria, Crilley, h horn Barbadoe" Don, Morton, from Quebec. BaiwroL, JULY 20.—Arrived, the Feronia, Dunn, from Nevis. GLOSTER, JULY 20.—Arrived the Ward, Crossman, from Quebec' LANCASTER, JULY 29.—Arrived the Hercples, Morday, from QuelfeC' Shannon, Turner, from Bathurst ; Dykes, Sharp, from Restigin lc"' DUBLIN, JULY 19.—Arrived the Britannia (steamer), from London . WATERFORD, JULY 18.—Arrived the Margaret, Pue, from QUeb eC. o CORK, JULY 18.—Arrived the dud: al and Esther, Seymour, fr ° Jamaica. The George Washington, Ccn,lan, arrived here from pot te r. dam, leaky, sails split, &c., bound to Nein , York. _ . BELFAST, JULY 18.—Arrived the Spey, Duncan, from Antigua. PETE AHEAD, JULY 18.—Arrived off, the Eclipse, Gray, from G res land, 22 fish, 6,000 seals, left the Ist inst., and reports the fisbin upon the whole excellent. LERWICK, JULY 18.—Arrived off, the Befona, Chacilla, Santande r. SHIELDS, JULY 19.—Arrived the Carron, Elliot, from Miramich ii William, Muers, from Quebec ; the Rosella, Reed, from St. Petersburgii PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECTS OF THE BOUNTY. Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Sugar In Mincing. lane, and comparing the same against the price of foreign sugar : London, July 20, 1638. The Gazette this day quotes the average price of British Per cwt. Plantation Muscovado . Sugar, exclusive of duty, at 3ls. Old. Manilla (free labour Muscovado Sugar, from the Philippine Islands) sold this day at auction, in Mincing-lane, at from Manilla 18s. to 225. 6d. Sugar is therefor e 81. per cat. cheaper th an British Plantation Sugar. Refined sugar, equal in quality to double refined, has been sold this week (free on board) at 341. Od. Deducting shipping charges 25. 2d.-31s. 10d. which is 9.id. per cwt. dearer than the Muscovado sugar from which it is made. British treacle is worth 9s. per cwt. in the foreign markets. The same has been sold this week in London at 265. per cwt., being an excess of price paid by the British consumer of 17s. per cwt. Jamaica Coffee at auction this day sold at 113 s. per cwt. exclusive of duty. St. Domingo Coffee, equal in quality to it, would command only 70s. per cwt., being 435. per cwt. cheaper than the Jamaica Coffee. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received Canton papers to the 14th March. We copy the following : " PERSIA.—We are informed that the Persian Government has imi. bated the Porte, and established a State Gazette. It made its appearance in May last. Reports have reached us of the unfortunate death of Captain J. T. Lancaster, of the Agnes, stationed at Lintin.. THE FUNDS. We have but few arrivals this morning, and those from India have been anticipated in the dates of the overland express during the week. Owing to a good supply of stock in the course of yesterday in the Market, there was a slight reaction in the value of Consols, and they receded to 944 setters for the Account, but towards the close of the market they improved, and closed at 114} i for the Account; Money 944 ; opened at 941 %, Money, 944. 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 82 prem. ; India Bonds, 814; Bank Stock, 2064; India Stock, 2644 54. Money at present is abundant among the capitalists, but not so with the middling class of the people, who feel as great a want of it as ev er, and commercial affairs are in a very dull state. Spanish Active, 224 i ; Portuguese, 364; Three per Cents., 244; Brazilian, 804; Mexican, 254; Columbian, 274; Dutch, 54i 554. The ship Garrick, from Newyork, has arrived off Liverpool, sailed on the 2d inst. • papers and letters not yet received. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. sank Stock .... 206 7 , Luna Stow: 265% 3 per Cent. Red. 94%3 j ' j Ditto Bonds BO 82 pin. 3 per Cent. Cons. ....94% 4 ! South Sea Stock -- 3% per Cent.... ..... ........... —lold Annnities Ditto Red IO2X %% i New Ditto New 3% per Cent 10 114% _ New 5 per Cent.. Bank LongAnnuitlestoexpire Ditto ..... .........500 Bl 83 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 l5 7-163 Ditto Small ......... ...... .81 83 pm. Oct. 10, 18.'52 - Ditto Commercial - -pm. Exch. x pe ch r . C B e i n u t. s. A . 2 l. nui oop ties, 1751 __ 23 8 l om Jan. 5, 1860 ...... ..... ..... .. Ditto Advertised.. ...... Jan. 5, 1880 . Bank Stock for Aux:runt.. ..... 2083 1 April 5. 1880 .................. Indit Stock for Acc0unt ......... --. Jan . 5 . 1870 ................... _. I Consols for Account 043( sii% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLuCK. Austrian Bonds . - Belgian Bonds .......... ....... Brazilian Bends ... Ditto Account Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds — Dito, 3 per cent — Dail Account ......... ...... .. —1 Ditto Account Chillian Bonds ................. i Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account .....„... ..... .. Russian Bonds, 1822 Columbian Bonds.......••••••••• • ••• Ditto Account .•...... - Ditto Account .—... ..... . .. Ditto Metallic ........ C3lurabian Bonds, 1824. - Spanish Bonds -- Ditto Account Otnish Bonds ........... 75% 5 ( Ditto Bonds, 1834. — Ditto Account ..... ..- - - 1 Dif - Acconnt . 2214 34 Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1325 Ditto Account ..... Mexican Bonds, 5 pet cent — Ditto Account Ditto, 0 p er cent. Ditto Account ....... .tto French, 5 per —..--... 4 per cent ...... —f. -- 3 per Cent —t; --- Exchange Dutch, 2;4 per cent J 5 4X Data Account Ditto, per cent 10 2 34 Ditto Account ... —.. Per Share Brazilian Imp er i a l Mi n i ng Co. (Issued at 51. pm.) 2( 1 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ON O'CLOCK Pair nuto St. Joh n d e l R ey l4 6 50 Br tish Ir on C ompany I C heltenham and Great We s t ern R ailwa y 514 ondoo and ~r eenwich Nal!war Company 1 a. _ London and Croydon Railway Company 2O Ditto New Sc r ip b 6 Anti Dryrot C ompany l7 s i; 1 3% 13 - 2 Bitumen, Bastenne and Gaujac — Do. Polon eeau 2 1 COURSE CF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Ainsterdsre . •............... C.F. 12 134 Gibraltar 49 Da str..r.i te, at sight .... 32 .. .. .... ... 12 5 Leghorn 4m 0 ft.„.. .............. 1. • U. i 0 . 7 Genoa 26 1 Antwerp._ 12 5% Milan 3 1-11,01 ) ,1 114. ....... ........ 51.8. 13 w,',, Venice 46 A1t00 a ....„ 1313% Naples Psrin, 4 days' siel.. ......... ... 25 5.5 Paicrrao Marseilles per oz. 117 D:tt0..... ........... .3 51s. tas Lisbon 25 95 G r o t to 5 8 3 ROll rdeaux Pet..rstioigli, ruble .3 Us 10 0 Buenos Ayres Berlin 7 a New Yerk, 21 days' sight ...... Vienna, effective 11 2M.10 14 Philadelphia — Trieste ditto Mairiil Cadiz.... ...... ..... lliikiia ....New Doubloons 4% 15 n' Portugal t; 014t1d13, BULLION, (6 0 0 0 lON ...i ,P o E u R 0 0 2. II :reekina ... ` ,.6 New Dollars 0 4 91, Seville '6 ISilver. bars. standard 0 4 li% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, JULY 19. 3 per Cent. Consols ' 933' 'Grand Canal Debs. Si per cent. 93 3X, per Cen , . Stock lOO5 I ... Ditto New, l 3o .... ... ..... ... Ditto Reduced —,Hibeinian B a nk — 101%1City of Dubli n Steam Company 113 is 3C., por Cent. Debentures Rank Stock . . 1991 i City Debentures, 4 per cent.... Royal Canal Stock .................. HALF-P A ST OA E It gives great satisfaction to the commercial community in general ' that Messrs. George Wildes and Company, one of the three large Ame rican firms which were compelled to suspend payments during the late commercial crisis, have resumed payment, in the general and exten. sive business which the establishment carried on previously to the event already noticed. An intimation was yesterday given that all claimants upon the firm, whether billholders or otherwise, would be paid on appli cation at the business-house of the firm. This may be considered an im portant event as regards the early resumption of commercial activity between this country and the United States of America. To the present hour no papers or letters have been received by the Garrick, which sailed from New York on the 2d hist, and arrived off.. Liverpool. . During the whole of the morning the differences in the price of Con sols have been 94i, alternately buyers and sellers, with little doing , at present may be quoted 94g for the Account k Money, 94h i; Exchequer Bills, lower, 83 81 preen. ; India Bonds, higher, 80 82 ; Bank Stock higher, 206 207 ; India Stock, 265 i. , The Foreign Market continues inactive. Spanish Active, 22t, with Coupons; Part uguese, 3611 ; Three per Cents., 24i; Brazilian, 80i; Mexican, 251 ; Columbian, 27fr ; Belgian, 1021 3 ; Dutch Two and a "lalf, ; Five per Cents,, 102 i. Nothing doing in the Share Market: prices the sam e as yesterday. THREE O'CLOCK. Comoli for Account, 04i MARRIAGE.—At St. James's, on th e 19 t h i nst., Pierce Frederick Barron, Esq , Sarahville House, County Waterford, to Cliar!ette Alice, daughter of Sir William Henry Palmer Bart., Kenure House, County Dublin, and relict of Lieutenant. Colonel PereevaL -- -- . The Moniteur Par i s i en informs u s th at M. Cle ment Boulanger, one of the most distinguished French artists of the day, has been commissional by one of the British Cabinet Ministers to make a painting of the Coronation of the Queen, and has also received an order from the Queen herself to paint the portrait of her Majesty. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. or Supplies very abundant to-day, and owing to such great ple nt y every thing trade was dull, and prices lower. Asparagus, ss. to 1 0 ' per bundle; Celery, 4d. to 6d. ; Carrots, per doz. 9s. to 125.; ontoOkr per sieve, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; Apples, per bushel, 9s. to 12s. ; Rhubarb, P e bundle, Is. to Is. 6d.; Spinach, per junk, Is. to Is. 6d.; 600 0 berries, per sieve, 2s. 6d. to as. ; Currants, 2s. to 2s. 6d.; Peas, P er sack, 93. to 12s. ; French Beans, per 100, 6d. to 9d . ; N ew Pastoe" 111, to 3d. per lb. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies good of all descriptions and trade lively. Fish :-Till b° 4 t ,' ss. to 15s. and 16s. ; Soles, Is. to 2s, ad. per pair ; Salmon, is. " per lb. Meat : -Beef, 7d. to Bd. ; Mutton. 7d. to 8&d. ; Veal, Sd. 9d.; Pork, 7d. to 8 4d. Abundance of all kinds of vegetables 0 4 trade brisk at reasonable prices. Hay and Clover in fair supply, au pices just as they were. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Both town and country.killed meat in good supply, and the deal , good, prices looking up. Beef, 2s. 6d. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 2s. 6d. to to as. Bd. ; Veal, 3s. Sd. to 45. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Sel. ; Irish, as' Zs. 6d. Poultry in abundant supply, and the demand middling-9' 1 % as before. The following are the quotations for each, and .not per coUP'" or per pair :-Geese, 4s. to ss. 6d.; Rabbits, is. to Is. 6d. ; Chickelth Is. 6d. to 25.; Ducklings, 2s. to 2s. 6d.; Leverets, 55.; Fowls, 5 8 . t° 5s ; Turkey Poults, ss, ; Pigeons, 6d. to 9d. Eggs scarce aid dear"' price 4s. 6d. to 6s. per 120. FISH MARKET. Supply good for the most f art, and prices reasonable. Turbot 51. 0 I Bs. ; Soles 9d. to 2s. 6d. peC pair; Lobsters Is. to 2s. 6d. each , Salmon Is. to Is. 6d. per lb . ; Whiting 2d. to 4d. each ; Hadd° C 3d. to 6d. each. HAY MARKETS. 0 14 Supplies moderate, the demand bd. k, and prices unaltered. n . '- Meadow Hay 100 s. to 126 5 .; N ew 50s. . to 985.; Old Clover 1155 130 s . ; New 50s. to 1 055.: S traw 40s. to 56.‘ . p er l oa d . i TALLOW MAltki..T• P. Y. C. has been 45 5 . 9d . t o arr i ve, and 465. 6d. on th e spot, and e't touch doing, DRY SALTERY MARKET. Campeachy Logwood is now held for the high price .of 151. per ton' 131. have been refused. J ama i ca i s quoted at 101. Ws. to 111. u , These high prices are owing to the Mexican blockade. News fr° 1 1 ": Marseilles, received this m orn i ng, represent Br i mstone as having sif vanced during last week a b ou t 1 2 per cent. on f ormer anyone"' f having been now felt by those who were before doubtful of the troth 0 ,, the intelligence, that the monopoly in Sicily is in full operation. Hol d here will not sell at 101. for the best rough. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MARKETS DUBL THE WEEK. A fair business has been done during the week in Colonial prodn and prices for the most part firm. Raw Sugar has declined 6d. cwt. on last week's prices. Refined has risen ls. Coffee has risen : 4 ' for all sorts. T ea, s i nce the end of the sale, has risen Id. per 1 „ . Cocoa has advan ce d 2 s. per cwt. Spices have not varied in vs,°-, - Rum has not altered, no more has Cotton. The imports Pave been con' siderable, the exports steady, and the deliveries for cons ImPtio n tensive. ACCIDENT TO TIIE AGED KING OF SWEDEI4'-': STOCKHOLM, Juty 10 . —O n the 6th in the evening, the King .o ent :r Latagaidsfeld to in s p ect the Dragoons, which . were to return to , homes on the 7th. After the examination of the troops was concliu% to his Majesty's satisfaction he rode to Rosendoht, where he mounte (l o fresh horse, to return to the city. The King had never before rode II" horse, which began at Framnas to be turmanageable, and ran awwir and the King, being unable to stop it, turned it towards a paling -4 '; closure in a meadow. Th e h orse, running against the paling, thr e ` the King several fret into the meadow on the other side. His Majes t y mounted another horse, and soon arrived at the Palace. On examin e ' tion it appeared th a t th e s h ou ld er was dislocated. 'l4;ough the ine di f„ a , men agreed that th e case was ser i ous, i t appears from the bu l let i n s tr_ his Majesty h as h a d a pret t y good n i ght, that there is no fever, an d th a t the pain has considerably abated.—Hamburg Papers, .1 , 67 17 . Queen Dowager, and the Honourabl e C a pt a in C u rzon, ar r til ! Lord Howe, Cha m b er l a i n t o h er Af a jesty at Curzon House on Thursday from Portsmouth, whs.re they proceeded to inspect the Hastings ship of the line, in whic" the Noble Earl and the Gallant Officer suggested some alteratio n ` • to fit her for the accommodation of the Queen Dowager. Jf; structions have been sent out to M a j or- G enera i S ir Henry Bociverie, th Governor of Malta, to engage a suitable residence at La Valetta for her Majesty and her household. The Earl and Countess of Sheffield, the 11°'1. €apt. Curzon, P r i va t e S ecretary, and Misses H M opeJohnstone and b" d " . " „ will attend her Majesty to Malta. ST. J AMES'S THEATRE. —Lord Burghersh's Its' Tian opera, 11 Throes, was perf orme d at t hi s theatre last right. 11 :, e characters v ?ere r eprvsented by Mr. Stretton, Mrs. Bishop, Si g nor Ivs' oft, and Mi l s P. Wyndham; the band was led by M r . F. Cramer; ," Lucas acted as conductor ; and the orchestra and chorus were comP°' ue of the studs nts, associates, and professors of the Royal Academy ° Music. The , piece is an interesting tale of chivalry, poetically writte n and well ads] 'ted to musical effects; and the noble composer has P ° i • only shown t imself to b e p os se s sed of imagin a ti on an d feel i ng, but ° I, the power of,exprcssing and combiniisg his ideas with the skill and A b ed lity of an arti st. The music has a freshness—a natural and unaffeet flow of ineloi ly, which is delightful from its graceful facility; and th e choruses, in particular, are exceedingly e ff e c ti ve f rom their broad an d simple harm: hies. The piece was very well performed. Mrs. Bish r T t ; who made her first appearance on the stage, exhibited a gra7e and frced o of motion, anti an energy of action, which are generally the result of lots practice. Ivanoff sang exquisitely ; and Stretten and Miss Wyndba": exerted themsidves very effectively. The chorus was correct and powe r t ful, and the or c hestra, after that of the Italian Opera-house, the strong 7 4, and best we have ever heard in an En g li s h t h eatre. The opera was wa rr° received by a very fashionable audience. Many of the pi e ces were e" • cored, and the curtain fell amid l oud and prolonged applause. A few days ago a servant, wishino t o d es troy S ever a l newly.bern puppies, buri e d t h em alive In a hole in a garden, and co ver them over with earth. Thi rty six hours afterwards a young me dic' student, being curiou s t o ascertain if the poor animals were dead, Pri,°; ceciled to their exhumation, wilco they found alive and well, wit h . t. exception of one, w hi c h was almost dead. " This example, " a ,a, li ved temporary observes, " a dd ed to the instance of the Hindoo who ,* after an interment of three weeks, and to the numerous cases of In ine i r who have bean found ali ve a f ter being buried for eight or ten days , w ould nt lead to the suppos i tion that some unknown agent exists in the bow el ' the earth, capable of prolonging the sufferings of the victima of Pr eciPl • tate interment." Mrs. Trollope describes the " Gloria in excelsis , e as performed i n the cathedral at ins ruck to be so magnificent thaL t h silve r first grand b urst produced a vibration in the air so great that the so' lamps which hung suspended from the roof 'sere distinctly put in via' tiun by it." 7V ///7